Brain Aromatase: Dyed-in-the-Wool Homosexuality

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 475-477

  Morris, John A ^a   Gobrogge, Kyle L ^a   Jordan, Cynthia L ^a   Breedlove, S Marc ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

BRAIN NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MASCULINITY; MATING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

EID: 0842334617     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1461     Document Type: Short Survey

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